Subsidiary of Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne gets contract for International Space Station

Teledyne Technologies Inc. announced Thursday that its Huntsville, Ala.-based subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc., received a $120.1 million contract to continue providing electronics support for the International Space Station.

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne manufactures electronics such as cameras, infrared detectors and instrumentation for the government and defense and aerospace industries.

Teledyne Brown’s experts provide a link between scientists and the astronauts and experiments on the space station. The company’s staff members manage payload resources, communications with the crew and collection of experiment data. Employees also provide constant flight console operations and train console operators.

Teledyne Brown has had the contract for 15 years. The new one will last five years and start March 1.